Florida Issues

Gov. Charlie Crist and the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court called for a major overhaul of the state's mental health system on...

Man was arrested in Mexico Beach last week on sexual assault charges By Tony Bridges PANAMA CITY A Bay County Jail inmate who attempted suic...

Lionel Michael Miller (from left) and defense attorneys Larry Henderson and Gerald Hooper sit in Orange County Courthouse. (RICARDO RAMIREZ ...

By KATHLEEN CULLINAN Tuesday, November 20, 2007 In express recognition of Lee County’s crime spike and the onslaught of new felony cases, St...

Michele Gillen (CBS4) Necessary discipline or cruel and unusual punishment? A controversial practice regarding the treatment of the mentally...

By Marshall Knudson Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 I was only six years old in the spring of 1994 when my parents first told me about the brut...

Emotion, glitches mire struggle to delay a Texas killer's execution BY KEVIN JOHNSON USA TODAY Michael Wayne Richard already was dressed...

Speaker Decries Death Penalty This article was published on Monday, November 19, 2007 5:25 PM CST in Columns By John Brummett THE MORNING NE...

By: Alice Miller, Staff Writer Issue date: 10/31/07 Almost exactly one year after his last appearance on campus, Juan Melendez returned to U...

Circuit Judge Janet Ferris remembers a case when a mentally ill man was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer. The man was sleep...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Members of a church group said they will file a formal complaint Monday morning against an Orlando police officer. Jump Min...

By Randy Schultz Palm Beach Post Editorial Page Editor Sunday, November 18, 2007 The news last week was that the Supreme Court halted the ex...

The pervasive lack of training is compounded by the fact that many jurisdictions place individuals on the execution team without screening t...

A 7-5 vote recommends Timothy Permenter die. The judge has the final say. A hearing is Tuesday. By JOSE CARDENAS, Times Staff Writer Publish...

The refusal to allow Mr. Lightbourne the opportunity to question the people who will carry out executions has led to the blind presumption o...

By Derek Simmonsen Friday, November 16, 2007 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Local prosecutors want to seek the death penalty for two men accused of...

STARKE, Florida (CNN) -- The call. He expected it. Dreaded it. But he didn't hesitate to answer. When Junny Rios-Martinez's cell pho...

The family of an 11-year-old who was murdered 16 years ago held a memorial for their son Saturday. The memorial for Junny Rios-Martinez was ...

State prisons and county jails throughout Florida are filled with people who suffer from mental illnesses. That says as much about the condi...

Ellyde Roko in New York Times, July 30, 2007 Media Source: nytimes.com After Flawed Executions, States Resort to Secrecy By ADAM LIPTAK A Mi...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) A 25-year-old man was sentenced Friday to death for fatally beating his parents with a baseball bat while they slept. B...

By MICHAEL A. SCARCELLA michael.scarcella@heraldtribune.com BRADENTON -- The lives of Richard and Kathleen Ross were taken in the middle of ...

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